Santa Cruz Fantail
Rhipidura melanolaemaSharpe, RB, 1879
English (US) Santa Cruz Fantail
The Santa Cruz Fantail (Rhipidura melanolaema) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Rhipiduridae (Fantails and Silktails) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Rhipidura melanolaema
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Santa Cruz Fantail
- Described by
- Sharpe, RB, 1879
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Rhipidura melanolaema agilis
- Rhipidura melanolaema melanolaema
- Rhipidura melanolaema utupuae
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Sharpe, RB, 1879
- Original description
- Catalogue of the birds in the British Museum 4 p.313
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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